Nomination: Eduardo Pires Rosse – UFMG School of Music
Period: May 4th to 20th, 2024
Jean-Michel Beaudet is Professor Emeritus at Paris Nanterre University and member of the CNRS (Crem/Lesc). He has been researching the music and dances of Indigenous South America for 45 years, spending a long time in Amerindian villages in Brazil, Bolivia and French Guiana. He also worked for several years in Oceania. Jean-Michel Beaudet is the author of five books: Souffles d’Amazonie (1997), Nous danserons Jusqu’à l’aube (2010, with Jacky Pawe), Parikwene agigniman. A Presentation of the Music Parikwene-Palikur (2013, with Pival, B. Labonté, A. Norino), Jouer, danser, boire (2017), Yengakatu. Anthologie des chants wayãpi du haut Oyapock (2021, with Jacky Pawe, Luc Lassouka and Jérémie Mata). His recordings have been published in the CNRS-Musée de l’Homme collection, and he has also produced two documentary films, cementing his reputation as a leading expert in this field.